2025 AI for Good Hackathon
Dates: October 31 to November 2, 2025
AI for Good is a 48-hour hackathon that brings together students and partners, including The Link, the City of Jacksonville, and mySideWalk, to build solutions that drive social good benefits.
Join us and be a part of AI4Good, where we build AI solutions that matter, code with purpose, collaborate with peers, and innovate for real-world change.
Follow the Devpost site below for hackathon participation information, rules, judging criteria, rules, schedule, and registration details.
This hackathon is open, registration closes on October 31, 1 PM.
Seeking Support for 2025 AI4Good Hackathon
We are seeking sponsorships to support 2025 AI4Good Hackathon activities. AI4Good Hackathon is a 48-hour event that brings together students from Universities in the Northeast Florida region. The hackathon will be held during the last weekend in October at The Link in Ponte Vedra. Donations received will be used to support food and refreshments for hackathon participants and award prizes for winners. For donations of less than $5000, please follow the DSSG Give link below. For donations above $5000, please reach out to DSSG program directors.
DSSG Give Program DirectorsHackathon Location
425 Town Plaza Ave, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 32081
The Link is an environment that fosters creativity, productivity, and human development. It is a premier coworking and event space with dedicated and floating desks, community spaces, lounges, and meeting rooms with amenities like fast Wi-Fi. The Link is equipped with state-of-the-art technology, including an immersive studio and video conferencing equipment, and hosts regular events for professionals and families, all contributing to its reputation as a community hub for work and play. The Link has facilities for showering and refreshing for event attendees.
The Link offers flexible workspace solutions and a collaborative environment perfectly suited for generating and executing innovative ideas in a short timeframe.
Food and beverages will be provided during the event.
Participants
Open to currently enrolled college students who can participate in person during the hackathon weekend. Open to higher education students who are above 18 and studying in either a Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Doctoral degree program.
Participants are responsible for arranging their own travel and accommodation.
Social Good Partner
The 2025 AI4Good hackathon aligns closely with the goals of the City of Jacksonville's State of Jax initiative by using data to drive actionable insights on the affordable housing issue in Jacksonville.
Problem Cases:
Hackathon will include three problem cases on affordable housing issue:
- Build a predictive AI model to assess housing retention and displacement risk
- Develop an affordability index and interactive AI tool to explore the indexes
- Generate data-driven recommendations for strategic affordable housing investments
Data Partner
Datasets relevant for the hackathon are obtained from mySidewalk through the partnership with the City of Jacksonville. Participants will be provided with a primary set of datasets relevant to the issue of affordable housing. Participants can request additional data available in mySidewalk during the hackathon to enhance their analysis and AI solutions.
mySidewalk is a data platform that provides public data and intuitive tools for creating maps, reports, and visualizations to help communities, organizations, and government agencies make data-driven decisions. The platform integrates data from various trusted sources and offers templates for common needs, including demographics, housing, public health, and economic development.